Influence of particle size and contact angle on the flotation of chalcopyrite in a laboratory batch flotation cell

International Journal of Mineral Processing

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 150-162

  Muganda, S ^a   Zanin, M ^a   Grano, S R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advancing contact angle; Critical contact angle; Floatability component

Indexed keywords

ADVANCING CONTACT ANGLE; BATCH FLOTATION; CRITICAL CONTACT ANGLE; EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; FLOATABILITY COMPONENT; FLOTATION RESPONSE; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; KINETIC MODELS; MASTER CURVE; PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTIONS; SIZE FRACTION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TWO-COMPONENT;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; FLOTATION; ORE TREATMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; RECOVERY;

CONTACT ANGLE;

EID: 79952002101     PISSN: 03017516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.minpro.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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